Just My Luck

Is it just me or has lady luck been simply frowning down on me. For my first ever job interview, I travelled to the mrt station only to discover, to my utmost horror, that the train service has broken down from Pasir Ris to Tanah Merah. So I hopped onto the shuttle bus provided. But after rumbling along the road for 15 minutes, I hadn't even reached Tampines mrt station, when in that 15 minutes I could have reached Tanah Merah if I were on board the train. Finally the bus came to a standstill at Tampines. Frustrated and about to be late for the interview, I hopped off the bus and attempted to flag a cab down. BUT they were all occupied!! I finally dialed for a cab but still ended up late anyway. Stupid stupid stupid.

Then I fell horribly sick and came down with flu, sore throat and cough. But the worst part was that I started losing my voice a few days later. I went for my second interview with half a voice.

Come Saturday, after talking too much during alumni CO practice, I lost it completely. After waking up from a short afternoon nap at home, I was reduced to whispering to my family members. Then I went to the doctor (finally) and he said it was pretty serious. Gave me strong antibiotics and all the other necessary medicine.

I whispered through my third interview on Monday (yes I did explain that it was a sore throat and that I'm not really actually mute). But on my way to the interview, the ground was wet from a slight drizzle and I lost my footing on the bridge on my way out of my condo. The next moment I was kissing the ground. I landed, not on my butt, but on my left knee, which bore the full impact of the fall. Of all body parts to land on I had to land on my old accident injuries! Crap, the pain that shot through my leg. Ugh. But it was such an embarrassing scene that I immediately picked myself up from the ground and limped off as if nothing had happened.

I don't know how, but I managed to survive through the whole interview and get home before checking my injury. My knee hasn't looked this colourful since the accident nearly 2 years ago. It's now sporting this wonderful hue of purple, green and blue.

So there you have it. My very own, series of unfortunate events.

Croak

I have lost my voice. I sound like a toad. Croak.

My throat feels thoroughly abused and Sab, I can't sing anymore!!

Or at least, until that croaky voice goes away.

Croak.

Back to Temasek, Back to the Orchestra, Back to my Gaohu...

First Alumni CO practice!! Haha, I'm just pretty thankful that most of the songs we're playing are old, familiar songs. But still, I've got 3 new pieces to learn.

Travelling to Temasek secondary this morning just brings back so many memories - of being squashed in the bus, of all the familiar scenery flashing by the windows, of alighting at that same old stop. I strode into the school via the side gate (oh, the few times I went running by that gate to find my class just in time for morning assembly) and then signed in at the security desk. I walked on, past the gazebo (all the times spent studying and laughing there with my friends) and then the fountain, across those stone slabs and up the stairway towards the Artroom (it's sad really, that CO doesn't have their own room, but oh well).

Then I met up with some of my section mates. And quite a few of the alumni members were already inside. Caught up on old times a little. Then the scores were distributed and everyone started hunting for their old instruments that they once used. I found my old gaohu, but it sounded like it was having a flu, even after I changed both the strings (they were rusty man!). So I dug around the cupboard for another gaohu and found a relatively new one. I don't think anyone's using it. So muahaha, it's mine for the next few months till the day of the concert in March.

So we had sectionals first, lazing around a bit, experimenting with some of the new scores, trying to recall the old pieces like Chang Cheng and Xing Kong. Man I love these two songs. Haha. Then somehow, everyone started to gather in the plucked-strings section classroom and a mini orchestra was formed. And then they all started playing Yu Diao. Haha, that's a new song for me, so I just sat there, listened and look at my scores. By noon, Ke Chen came over and he conducted Chang Cheng! And, gosh, although we don't sound all that awesome yet (first practice afterall), but it felt absolutely wonderful to be playing in an orchestra again. And I love Chang Cheng. Hahahahaha. I went a bit siao and played so hard that the stupid bow cut into my finger and hand again. I really ought to tape up the thing. But it's okay, no blisters yet. Just the usual red, raw and painful feel. The feel of playing my gaohu enthusiastically. Haha. Then we ran through Xing Kong... and Feng Nian Ji. And yep, that's about it for practice today.

I'm really tired now, so I'll be going off to bed soon. Good night!

竟然在沙发上睡着了。真的是累坏了。。但突然在凌晨一点多的时候醒来，回到了自己的床。可是在床上躺了一阵子，却发现到自己睡不着。

好久没接触到华文了，突然读了彬芳的blog，使我想要用华文来表达自己的思想。可是已经很久没碰华文了，有点生锈，所以如果有错字或表达得不够好的话，请别嘲笑我哦！

最近过的还蛮好的，只是还没找到一份工作，有点烦恼。虽然现在生活过得很轻松，但是考试成绩公布的那一天已经慢慢的接近了。有点希望那天不会来临，但自己也好奇到底考的怎麽样。

好了，已经凌晨三点半了。觉得写的有点烂，哈哈，可是无所谓，可以在进步的吧！我也该去睡了。晚安。

If music be the food of love...

I think I overpractised last night. I don't know why but recently I really got into the mood of playing my violin and I just kept playing it. And I finally stopped after my arms started screaming "Yo! We're aching down here!" and my neck started to feel like it was going into rigor mortis.

Yeah, I think I kinda overpractised cos something rather alarming yet hilarious happened during this morning's violin lesson. I was playing an etude from Mazas, doing an upbow staccato. All was fine and well initially. Until the 4th line. I suddenly got stuck. Like my bow wouldn't move. I tried to do the upbow slurred staccato and my bow creaked along the E-string for a bit and then, yeah. Stuck. I got stuck. I looked at my teacher and went "I think I'm stuck" and he was like "Try the open string" So I released my fingers from the string and tried. It was SLIGHTLY better. Then I placed my fingers back onto the strings and it kinda got stuck again. And he was like "Yeah, I think you are stuck." Then we just LAUGHED -.- But yeah, after awhile it returned to normal. Nearly. Haha.

Yep, I'm blogging I'm blogging. Haha. All the incessant buggings... =X haha. So here's a long post for you guys! (:

So, life's been all right. I'm classified as what you would call a 'slacker' since I am currently as of 12 Jan 2008, 0041 hours, a jobless girl. But then again, my schedule's pretty packed as well. Tomorrow, I'm gonna take my first driving practical lesson, wish me luck and pray that I don't run anything down.

Alumni CO's gonna start next Sat! Frankly, I'm pretty looking forward to playing all those old songs again. Of course I think there're gonna be some new pieces, but geez, apprehension. I haven't touched my gaohu in like eons. And the concert is in March... That's not really much time to practice, but oh well.

My violin teacher asked if I wanted to perform in his church next Sunday. My heart soared. I miss performing. I miss walking onto stage with my instrument and making music. Yep, my heart soared. Until he said "but you gotta sight-read". Then it deflated. I cannot sight-read to save my life -.-

So I shall just try out the rehearsal. I doubt I'd be performing, I really can't sight-read.

Well, that's about it for now. I'll save my ranting about Itzhak Perlman, John Williams and Leonard Bernstein for next time! Till then, cya! (:

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Omg, it's 2008!! Feels so surreal! What a peaceful transition to the new year cos I was lazing around at home with a glass of wine and a novel. Heh.

Happy 2008 everyone!! Have an awesome year ahead! =D